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48.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

Maghull ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 23%

Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Maghull has 11%. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The town is home to 20,367 residents in 8,638 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, 16% of households live in a detached house.

+7%people since 2011 27%aged 65 or over 2.4%born abroad 8,638households

Population since 2011

Since 2011, Maghull has changed by +7%, slower than 52% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Maghull’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

MaghullEnglandAll of Merseyside

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

MaghullEngland

0 to 15+18%

16 to 29−3%

30 to 44+25%

45 to 64−9%

65 and over+14%

About 19,800 people in 2011; 21,200 in 2024.

The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2020 to mid-2021: 360 people. Change by age ran from +25% for the 30 to 44 to −9% for the 45 to 64.

Ages

Maghull is older than 76% of UK towns: a median age of 48.4

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MaghullEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Maghull, 27%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.2%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Maghull, 48.4. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 249.2%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6427%

65 and over27%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Maghull

England

WomenMen

About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Maghull ranks below 88% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.8%

What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students4.6%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate17%

Small employers and self-employed8.5%

Supervisory and technical5.5%

Semi-routine11%

Routine9.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.1%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Maghull

6.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

1,374

residents, 6.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Maghull has 4.6%. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

Below 89% of UK towns: 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 1.6%

Against Merseyside’s towns and England’s towns

Maghull

Merseyside’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people36%

3 people16%

4 people15%

5 or more4.7%

England’s towns.

In Maghull, 25% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. Average household size: 2.3 people. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of UK towns.

Homes & cars

Fewer households in flats than 67% of UK towns: 7.9%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Maghull

Merseyside’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van16%

One43%

Two31%

Three or more9.3%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Here 16% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK make up 2.4% in Maghull, less than in 97% of UK towns

Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.

Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%

Maghull

2.4%

Merseyside’s towns

8.8%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

MaghullEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%).

Ethnicity & religion

Above 99% of UK towns: 71% of residents describe themselves as Christian

How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.

Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.3%

Asian0.5%

Mixed1.1%

Black0.3%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Maghull · Merseyside’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion23%

Christian71%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer4.9%

0%40%80%

Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.2%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% here, more than in 94% of UK towns.

Relationships & caring

Maghull: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 62% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated1.4%

Divorced7.3%

Widowed9.1%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

2,125residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.5%

20 to 49 hours2.3%

50 hours or more3.2%

Few places have so few adults who have never married: 32% here, fewer than in half of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship7%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level31%

MaghullMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

18% of Maghull’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 31% have one at degree level (34%).

Where in Maghull

From a median age of 45 in Maghull North East to 52 in Maghull North West & Lydiate

The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.

Median age 40 → 55 · line = all MaghullAdults who are full-time students

Maghull North East454.4%

Maghull South West494.7%

Maghull South East504.6%

Maghull North West & Lydiate524.2%

Maghull North West & Lydiate is the oldest area, with 31% aged 65 or over; Maghull North East the youngest (median age 45). Families with children are most common in Maghull North East (26% of households).

Towns its size

Among 310 UK towns of 14,000 to 27,000 people, the 38th oldest

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Maghull 48.4

AberystwythSouth HaylingNewton Aycliffe

244259

At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and South Hayling (57.2), the oldest. Nearest to Maghull in age: Streetly (48.3), Clevedon (48.3), Chester-le-Street (48.6) and Knaresborough (48.6).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Maghull

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

LydiateAintreeKirkbyBootleLitherlandCrosbyOrmskirkMaghull

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Maghull	20,367	—	48.4	27%	25%
Lydiate	6,516	1 mi	49.7	27%	23%
Aintree	6,212	1.9 mi	49.2	27%	26%
Kirkby	45,559	2.8 mi	37.9	15%	32%
Bootle	53,722	3.5 mi	39.3	16%	28%
Litherland	18,752	3.5 mi	41.1	18%	28%
Crosby	50,218	3.8 mi	45.7	22%	25%
Ormskirk	27,720	4.1 mi	38.7	22%	23%

More about Maghull’s residents

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How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Merseyside’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Merseyside (or England), summed the same way as Maghull’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Maghull’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 20,232 people in 2021, against 20,367 in the built-up area.
Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.

Questions about Maghull’s residents

What is the population of Maghull?

The 2021 Census counted 20,367 people in Maghull’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 21,200 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.

What is the average age in Maghull?

The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 76% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Maghull?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Merseyside’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Maghull?

23% said they had no religion and 71% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.

Is Maghull good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Maghull North East (26% of households). Schools are on Maghull’s schools page.

Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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